How many close friends do you have?

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Just curious, how old are you & how many friends do you feel you share genuine sisterhood/girlhood with?

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  1. alex-warner1825 Avatar

    None, my husband is my best friend

  2. draoikat Avatar

    Two really close ones, but I’m married to one (who’s a man) and the other is also a guy. Next closest friend is nonbinary (and AFAB). Everyone else after that is kind of just a casual friend, and I don’t have a very large social circle at all. I’ve never felt a sense of sisterhood with anyone in my life, tbh. Mayyyybe my best friend when we were about 10-14, but I didn’t think of it in a gendered sisterhood/girlhood way.

  3. Sarmilo Avatar

    I’m 34, and I pretty much just have my mom. But she’s amazing, and I love her so much. ❤️

  4. GamingCatLady Avatar
    1. More than 5 less than 10.
  5. susan360360 Avatar

    None.  I have my husband and sister.  That is it.  I used to have friends, but I got tired of the roller coaster of having a friend.  ( You are minding your own business and a person you meet wants to hang out.  Then they want to hang out all the time.  Then they want to hang out less and less.  Then they want nothing to do with you.)

  6. HeartBeetz Avatar

    None. No partner or family either, other than my kids. It’s hella lonely.

  7. MeditativeMama Avatar

    Three very close friends that I see all the time, travel with, etc. Four others that I’ll do girls nights with, and talk to regularly, but wouldn’t want to go on a trip together. Then I’ve got 4-5 yoga friends that I’ll hang out with for a smoothie or something after class, but we don’t make plans if we aren’t already going to see each other.

  8. moverene1914 Avatar

    I had two, one very long-term, but she has decided to cut herself off from me after we both retired. The other one I’m still friends with, but we don’t get together often because she comes part and parcel with her husband who I don’t particularly care for (we live a few hours apart and she has narcolepsy and can’t driveherself.)

  9. SuperShineeCoinToss7 Avatar

    40F. I have 2 close friends. One of them lives out of state, but I probably talk to her 3x a week. The other one I see 2x a month for lunch dates and the occasional concert date

  10. Suspicious-Hawk-1126 Avatar

    Are we counting my husband? If not, I feel like I’m down to only 1

  11. breannabakesbread Avatar

    Not many but the ones I do have I trust to a level that continues to surprise me.

  12. Critical_Fun5151 Avatar

    I’m 24 and I have 3 close friends

  13. FutureUse5633 Avatar

    None anymore. My best friend would cancel on me all the time. I felt it was better to let that friendship go. Id look forward to seeing her and then for that to happen it got me down

  14. h8mecuz Avatar
    1. And its been that way since i was a teenager.
  15. eleanor_rig-b Avatar

    2, My husband and my best friend since school.

  16. PowerfulSeat7975 Avatar

    I’m 32, with two close friends. They both live in different states. We text a lot most days during the week. We plan FaceTimes and phone calls every so often. I see one of them 1-2xs / year and the other every couple of years. Hoping to change that soon!

  17. pear11 Avatar

    My bf, my sister, and my best friend.

  18. BaylisAscaris Avatar

    I’m in my mid 40s and have 4 and we’re all in a group chat together. We all live in different states except my wife and I who live together. We moved to a different state last year and were trying to make local friends but it’s a lot of work.

  19. Dazzling_Bumblebee98 Avatar

    None. I’m 27 about to turn 28🙌🏾

  20. YouMustDoEverything Avatar

    Four. My husband, and three friends I’ve known for 25-35 years, individually. I’m almost 50.

  21. ladylemondrop209 Avatar

    I’m in my Early 30s, and I think I have about 10 close friends, half of which are female… most are relationships of close to 20 years.

  22. phillygirllovesbagel Avatar

    My husband and adult daughter are my best friends. I also have 3 girlfriends I’m fairly close to as well. No other family.

  23. dat_twitch Avatar

    I have one I regularly Whatsapp chat with that I have been friends with forever.

    Being childfree and single, people who have families or in relationships tend to disassociate with you eventually. I have learnt to accept this.

  24. Mr-Bry-Guy Avatar

    I have one, but I have cousins and brothers

  25. Connie_Damico Avatar

    2, not including my husband

  26. Last_Fee_1812 Avatar

    Two. A childhood friend I reconnected with during the pandemic and a high school friend I met just before the pandemic. That’s a long time of friendship with me being only 20 🤷🏻‍♀️

  27. Ok-Personality-6856 Avatar

    About 3 ish

    Im almost 29

    1 from childhood
    1 from college

    1 co-worker i bonded with a lot this year
    Used to be super close with my sister

  28. JJMB403 Avatar

    I’m 56. I am surrounded by our amazing friends and family. I am so fortunate. I can say I have 4-6 fairly close girlfriends, several close male friends and my amazing husband, daughter and SIL. My own SIL is one of my closest friends.